RIPL (Reference & Instruction Discussion Group)
2022-02-24 13:00 - 14:30 (America/Chicago) | MN, United States
Topic: We hope you will join us February 24th at 1:00pm for the RIPL (Reference & Instruction PALS Librarians) discussion of Accessibility and Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in library reference & instruction services. To bring us all up to speed for the conversation we will be reading the ACRL’s Keeping Up With….Universal Design for Learning blog post. If you are completely new to UDL, you can also check out CAST’s UDL Guidelines and the article Applying Universal Design to Information Literacy (PDF download) for some ideas on how UDL has been applied to IL instruction in the past (see especially the chart on page 4).
Here are the discussion questions:

What policies or best practices does your library have related to accessibility in instruction, research guides, the library website, etc.?
Do you incorporate Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles in your instruction?

If so, which ones, and how well have they worked?
If not, why not?

What tools or strategies do you find most useful in making sure your online tools and instruction are accessible?
Are there any tools, physical spaces, vendors, etc. your library has that you know have accessibility issues that you are unable to fix/address?

No Recording Available

MnPALS Consortium Board Meeting
2022-03-02 11:00 - 12:00 | MN, United States
March 2 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Everyone in the MnPALS Consortium is welcome to attend the governance meetings of the MnPALS Consortium Board.
Participation will be available through chat/Q&A.
Meeting Link
Passcode: [REDACTED]
Agenda

Discovery Community of Interest
2022-03-03 14:00 - 15:00 | MN, United States
Topic: Discovery Community of Interest
Start Time: Mar 3, 2022 01:48 PM
Meeting Recording:
https://minnstate.zoom.us/rec/share/HZ6Q19w_Wal_kjc63hHuvsxYlJZN5ff3Vu832TEOFcDBzLV6Rnko_0Wo3tJkni2Y.q2dxVoAqQUVRM8bV
Meeting ID: 968 6998 3366
Passcode: [REDACTED]
Agenda/Meeting Notes:

Primo VE Release review
Main Discussion: Show and Tell: ILL/Resource Sharing Request Form

What do these forms look like in your system? How do they compare to forms from other institutions? Let’s find out! We will be using a ‘jamboard’ to share screenshots of these forms.

Open Floor

What would you like to discuss?

Web Community of Interest meeting
2022-03-17 13:00 - 14:00 | Online Meeting
Meetings are held on the third Thursday of each month.
Click here for Zoom link, recordings, etc.

ILL Community of Interest
2022-03-21 14:30 - 15:30 | MN, United States
Topic: Copyright
Date: March 21, 2022
Time: 2:30 pm-3:30pm
Facilitator: Colleen Deel, Bemidji State University
Meeting link and passcode in PALS Support Center

RIPL (Reference & Instruction Discussion Group)
2022-03-31 13:00 - 14:30 | MN, United States
Topic: The ACRL Framework for Information Literacy: Assessing its Usefulness and Impact 6 Years Later
It has been 8 years since the ACRL released the initial draft of the ACRL Framework in 2014 to no small amount of controversy and debate, and 6 years since the final draft was released in 2016. While the initial controversy has died down, recent research shows that librarian opinions about the Framework and their abilities to adapt it are still somewhat mixed.
To assess how the dust has settled on the initial controversy, we’ll be reading the article Implementing the ACRL Framework: Reflections from the Field by Don Latham, Melissa Gross, and Heidi Julien, and discussing how the ACRL Framework has impacted (or not impacted) our approaches to information literacy instruction, for better or worse. If you haven’t looked at them in a while, you can also check out The Framework for Information Literacy and ACRL’s older Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education as a comparison.
Discussion Question Agenda:

Have you used the ACRL Framework to inform any aspect of instructional design for information literacy instruction at your library? If you were using ACRL’s Standards for Information Literacy before, did you switch to the Framework, or keep using the Standards?
If you have used the Framework, what aspects have you found most helpful for instructional design, especially compared to ACRL’s older Standards for Information Literacy? Do you have any specific instructional sessions you’ve done that you feel are especially good at teaching one or more of the frames?
What aspects of the Framework have you found most difficult to adapt? Are there any particular frames that you find troublesome?
If you don’t make use of the Framework for instructional design, are there any other models of Information Literacy that you do use? E.g. The original ACRL Standards, the 7 Pillars, meta-literacy approaches, or etc. Why do you find these models more helpful than the Framework?
Do you have any ongoing issues or critiques with particular frames from the Framework that we haven’t touched upon yet?

We hope to see you there!

Discovery Community of Interest
2022-04-07 14:00 - 15:00 | MN, United States
Zoom Recording: https://minnstate.zoom.us/rec/share/CweqfrcgNm_awii_Zp9RpnGEdgOedkgBCFQtIPwWiPtJNCBkMF2s2wAWgT8BOg2E.6LRfHu9mKiBDX8iF
Agenda/Meeting Notes:

Primo VE Release review
Main Discussion: Facets

You can add screenshots of your facets before the discussion here (Note: You may have different facets appearing for different scopes):
https://jamboard.google.com/d/1_s06WWrXwsPhfyIcZWWjSS6Nk4qdJ7AVZ84cIzX9biM/edit?usp=sharing

Open Floor

What would you like to discuss?

MnPALS Consortium Board meeting
2022-04-13 13:00 - 14:00 | Online Meeting
Everyone in the MnPALS Consortium is welcome to attend the governance meetings of the MnPALS Consortium Board.
Participation will be available through the chat/Q&A.
Meeting Link
Passcode:
[REDACTED]

RIPL (Reference & Instruction Discussion Group)
2022-04-28 13:00 - 14:30 | MN, United States
Topic: Library involvement in Open Educational Resource (OER) initiatives

Does your institution have an OER or Affordable Course Resources initiative? If so…

Did you help to spearhead the initiative, or did you come alongside one that a different department started? (either way, what did getting involved initially look like for your library?)
What does your ongoing involvement look like?

What has worked well?
What has been challenging?
What recommendations do you have for libraries who would like to be a part of such an initiative?
If your library is not involved in any sort of OER initiative but you have been interested in it, what has kept you from it?

MnPALS Consortium Board meeting
2022-05-03 14:30 - 15:30 | MN, United States
Everyone in the MnPALS Consortium is welcome to attend the governance meetings of the MnPALS Consortium Board.
Participation will be available through the chat/Q&A.
Meeting Link
Agenda

Discovery Community of Interest
2022-05-05 14:00 - 15:00 | MN, United States
Zoom Link: https://minnstate.zoom.us/j/96869983366
Meeting ID: 968 6998 3366
Passcode: [REDACTED]
Agenda/Meeting Notes:

Primo VE Release review
Main Discussion: The Primo VE Resource Recommender

Have you used it? What’s been your experience?
Haven’t used it? What are your questions for those who have?

Open Floor

What would you like to discuss?

Circulation Community of Interest
2022-05-12 10:00 - 11:00 | Online Meeting
Knowledge center page for the COI: Circulation Community of Interest (zoho.com)
Meeting: https://minnstate.zoom.us/j/4208702980

ILL Community of Interest
2022-05-16 14:30 - 15:30 | MN, United States
Topic: Workflow and Tasks
Date: May 16, 2022
Time: 2:30-3:30

Facilitator: Netanya Roden, Concordia University, St. Paul
Meeting Link and passcode are in the PALS Support Center

PALS OFFICE CLOSED
2022-05-30, 2022-06-20, 2022-07-04, 2022-09-05 | MN, United States

Discovery Community of Interest
2022-06-02 14:00 - 15:00 | Online Meeting
Zoom Link: https://minnstate.zoom.us/j/96869983366
Meeting ID: 968 6998 3366
Passcode: [REDACTED]
Meeting Agenda: This is our first summer meeting. Over the summer we will shorten the meeting time to 30 minutes, with the option for extending to an hour if we have more to discuss. The agenda will be an open forum. If you have a topic in mind, please send the idea, and we will address it at the meeting. We may also discuss the ELUNA Primo Product update this month.

Cataloging Community of Interest
2022-06-09 10:00 - 10:30, 2022-08-18 10:00 - 10:30 | Online Meeting
Zoom Link
Agenda and Minutes

Discovery Community of Interest
2022-07-07 14:00 - 15:00, 2022-08-04 14:00 - 15:00 | Online Meeting
Zoom Link: https://minnstate.zoom.us/j/96869983366
Meeting ID: 968 6998 3366
Passcode: [REDACTED]
Meeting Agenda: Over the summer we will shorten the meeting time to 30 minutes, with the option for extending to an hour if we have more to discuss. The agenda will be an open forum. If you have a topic in mind, please send the idea, and we will address it at the meeting.

Circulation Community of Interest
2022-07-14 10:00 - 11:00 | Online Meeting
Link to Circulation Community of Interest article
Zoom link for meeting

ILL Community of Interest
2022-07-18 14:30 - 15:30 | MN, United States
Topic: Resource Sharing in Analytics
Date: July 18, 2022
Time: 2:30-3:30
Facilitator: Wendy Gibson, Minnesota State University Moorhead
The meeting link and passcode are in the PALS Support Center

Meeting of the Minds
2022-08-10 14:00 - 15:00 | Online Meeting
Perry Madden will be hosting in place of Johnna Horton. Open discussion.
Zoom Link: https://minnstate.zoom.us/s/977458558
Passcode: [REDACTED]

Discovery Community of Interest
2022-09-01 14:00 - 15:00 | Online Meeting
Zoom Link: https://minnstate.zoom.us/j/96869983366
Meeting ID: 968 6998 3366
Passcode: [REDACTED]
Meeting Details
* Topic: Summer Discovery Projects
* What projects and/or tweaks have you been working on over the summer?
* Any Discovery goals for the upcoming year?
Meeting Agenda:

August Primo VE Release Notes
Main Discussion: Summer Discovery Projects
Open Forum: What’s going on at your library and/or questions, issues, problems, etc.

Cataloging Community of Interest
2022-09-08 13:30 - 14:30 | Online Meeting
The meeting link and passcode are in the PALS Support Center.
Agenda and Minutes

2022-2023 Consortium Board meetings
2022-09-13 14:00 - 15:00 | Online Meeting
All MnPALS members welcome to attend! The meeting will be held in Zoom webinar format (link in the Agenda), which means the Board will be unmuted and the observers will not.
Agenda
Membership

Meeting of the Minds
2022-09-14 14:00 - 15:00 | Online Meeting
These MnPALS consortium meetings are held virtually on the second Wednesday of each month. Watch the MnPALS list for login information.
To sign up for the MnPALS mailing list, please go the MnPALS Essentials guide.

Circulation Community of Interest
2022-09-15 10:00 - 11:00 | Online Meeting
Circulation Community of Interest Discussion Topic: Equipment or other Collections moderated by Netanya Roden, Concordia University, St. Paul.

For session details review the Circ COI Schedule located on the Circ COI Page found at the following url: https://palssupport.zohodesk.com/portal/en/kb/articles/circulation-community-of-interest
Please submit any questions or topic ideas using the Circulation COI submission form located at the following url: https://forms.office.com/r/QqebWmBLeu

We look forward to seeing you at our meeting, Thanks!
